Hairspray (2007 movie)

Hairspray
Directed byAdam Shankman
Screenplay byLeslie Dixon
Based on
Produced by
  • Craig Zadan
  • Neil Meron
Starring
CinematographyBojan Bazelli
Edited byMichael Tronick
Music byMarc Shaiman
Production
companies
  • Ingenious Media
  • Zadan/Meron Productions
  • Storyline Entertainment
  • Offspring Entertainment
Distributed by
  • New Line Cinema (United States)
  • Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom)
Release dates
  • July 10, 2007 (2007-07-10) (Mann Village Theater)
  • July 20, 2007 (2007-07-20) (United Kingdom and United States)
Running time
116 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United Kingdom[2]
  • United States[2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$75 million
Box office$203.5 million

Hairspray is a 2007 musical romantic comedy movie based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was based on John Waters's 1988 comedy movie of the same name. It was was directed and choreographed by Adam Shankman.

It stars John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, Allison Janney, and Nikki Blonsky.

It is set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland and the movie is about teenager Tracy Turnblad (Blonsky) as she tries to become famous as a dancer on a local television dance show and protests against racial segregation.

References

  1. "Hairspray (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. July 10, 2007. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Hairspray". British Film Institute. 2007. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2017.